ABSTRACT
Families, along with community and ethnic networks, facilitate international migration in both the country of origin and the country of destination through their networks, and support. Migrant families are, therefore, one of the best sites for the examination of the impact of globalisation on cultural dynamics and values of communities. This chapter focuses on two cases where cultural dynamics come into play perhaps at the most visible intensity, that is, migrant families and intercultural couples who often find themselves at the crossroads of differing family values, language ideologies, norms of interaction and identities. It uses the term 'transnationals' to refer to those whose lives have been affected by global processes and who live outside their own countries. The chapter includes those first- or second-generation immigrants who are sometimes described in the literature as 'transnationally affiliated individuals', and those in intercultural relationships. It focuses on those who have lived away from their home countries for a considerable period of time.
